Present living elephants at Kataragama Kiri Vehera Dewalaya in Sri Lanka

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Nr	Sex Species Name Id	Origin	Age	Arrival from location
1	♂ EM Salia (Saliya)	Born captive-born 1998-01-29 by Neela x Mathali (Mathalee) at Pinnawala elephant orphanage	, 27 yrs	2003-05-16 Pinnawala elephant orphanage
2	♂ EM Kataragama Vasana	Born wild 1970 at Anuradhapura forest	, 55 yrs	1978-00-00 Sri Lanka National Zoological Gardens (Dehiwela Zoo)
3	♂ EM Tharindu	Born captive-born 2006-07-04 by Jayathu x Sama I at Pinnawala elephant orphanage	, 19 yrs	Pinnawala elephant orphanage
4	♂ EM Asela	Born captive-born 2007? by x Anuradha at Pinnawala elephant orphanage	, 18 yrs	Pinnawala elephant orphanage

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Facts about present living elephants at Kataragama Kiri Vehera Dewalaya in Sri Lanka at Kataragama Kiri Vehera Dewalaya in Sri Lanka, Elephant Encyclopedia, Koehl, D. (2025), available online retrieved 18 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=381 (archived at the Wayback machine)

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2018-09-12	Kataragama Vasana:	• Salinda Sampath • https://www.dailynews.lk/2019/07/13/local/191024/katharagama-%E2%80%98wasana%E2%80%99-feted
2018-05-17	Asela:	• <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228378716_Captive_Breeding_of_Elephants_at_Pinnawala_Elephant_Orphanage_in_Sri_Lanka">Captive Breeding of Elephants at Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage in Sri Lanka, by Chandana Rajapaksa, University of Peradeniya</a> • https://www.dailymirror.lk/print/front_page/Poisoned-watermelon-given-to-elephant/238-265668
2012-01-31	Tharindu:	• Sanjaya Kumara Ratnayake, assistant curator, Pinnawala elephant orphanage.
2012-01-30	Salia (Saliya):	• Sanjaya Kumara Ratnayake, assistant curator, Pinnawala elephant orphanage. • Geburt und Jugendendwicklung von Asiatischen Elefanten -Beoabachtungen aus der Pinnawela Elephant Sanctuary von Sri Lanka, Zeitschrift des Kölner Zoos, nr 2 1999, by Fred Kurt, Birgit Dastig, Sandra Petzhold, Julia Rastelli, Judith Schmelz, Verena Tragau

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